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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote "Once a Tramp, Always..."?
(a) M. F. K. Fisher.
(b) James Thurber.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) Seymour Krim.
2. Under what circumstances did Walter Benjamin die?
(a) He died of old age.
(b) He fell off a building.
(c) He committed suicide.
(d) He was shot by a soldier.
3. Who wrote "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Richard Steele.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) William Hazlitt.
4. What title did Thurber give to his humorous autobiographical essay?
(a) James Thurber: Confidential.
(b) The Secret Life of James Thurber.
(c) James Thurber, I Hardly Knew You.
(d) Autobiography of a Biographist.
5. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"
(a) Ou-Yank Hsiu.
(b) Max Beerbohm.
(c) G. K. Chesterton.
(d) Seneca.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who wrote "Beside the Nore?"
2. M.F.K. Fisher's writing revolves around what subject?
3. What nickname is given to Max Beerbohm?
4. Which is NOT one of the subjects written about by George Orwell?
5. James Thurber is said to have inspired what, in American essay prose?
Short Essay Questions
1. What tone is Max Beerbohm famous for in his essays?
2. How did Virginia Woolf's personal background impact her work?
3. What is Orwell's "Such, Such Were the Joys..." about? What complaints does Orwell have about the subject?
4. M.F.K. Fisher is known for writing primarily about what subject? Beyond this subject, what biographical details has she confronted in her writing?
5. Under what circumstances are Lu Hsun's "This Tool is Life" and "Death" written? What are the subjects of these essays?
6. Describe Walter Benjamin's unfortunate end. How does his essay "Unpacking My Library" relate to this tragic end?
7. What kind of literature did Virginia Woolf write? What was a common focus that united her work?
8. What is Robert Louis Stevenson best known for today?
9. What is the subject of E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake"? What is the message White relays about the state of the lake?
10. What is Jose Luis Borges' perspective on his own increasing blindness, as revealed in his essay "Blindness?"
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